Brazil Orders Arrest Of Ex-leftist Militant Wanted In Italy

A judge in Brazil on Thursday ordered the arrest of an Italian wanted in his country for four murders attributed to a far-left group in the 1970s.

Braslia, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Dec, 2018 ) :A judge in Brazil on Thursday ordered the arrest of an Italian wanted in his country for four murders attributed to a far-left group in the 1970s.

Cesare Battisti was ordered detained for the purpose of extradition to Italy, wrote Judge Luiz Fux of the Supreme Court.

Italy has repeatedly sought the extradition of Battisti, 63, who has been living in Brazil for years under protection accorded him by former leftwing president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, now in prison for corruption.

Incoming far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has promised to extradite Battisti.

Igor San'Anna Tamasauskas, Battisti's lawyer, told AFP he had not received any notice from the court. He said his client lives in the town of Cananeia in Sao Paulo state.